Chapter 1071 A sleepy game
Only the Chinese team in the World Cup quarterfinals became unpopular, and the next six games were calm. Mexico lost to the stronger Argentina, the Netherlands defeated another dark horse, Slovakia 2:1, Brazil defeated the American brother Chile 3:0, and Germany defeated England 4:1, but England was very resentful. Lampard's shots crossed the goal line by one meter, but the referee did not see it. Portugal lost to Spain 0:1 in the European Latin contest. Another Asian team, Japan, was unable to create its own history. They lost in the penalty shootout with Paraguay and eventually missed the quarterfinals.
After the quarterfinals, the situation in the quarterfinals is as follows: China VS Uruguay; Netherlands VS Brazil; Germany VS Argentina; Spain VS Paraguay.
The Chinese team actually reached the quarterfinals, which was something Uruguay never expected before the game. They did not conduct serious research on the Chinese team. In fact, if there was no Chinese team, Uruguay would be barely considered a dark horse, because in addition to Fran and Suarez were first-class in the team, only Villarreal's Godin, Juventus's Cáceres, Napoli's Gargano, Monaco's Perez, and Lazio's goalkeeper Musleira, and these people have no fame, and the absolute main players are Godin and Perez.
However, the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Uruguay was at least two World Cup champions in ancient times. It seems a bit disrespectful to call them dark horses, so the Chinese team became the only dark horse in the quarterfinals.
The Chinese team has been going all the way, defeating Germany, defeating Ghana, drawing with Serbia, and defeating the United States, relying on magic weapons for defensive counterattacks. The defense depends on the accumulation of players and the counterattacks rely on Chen Yu's personal ability. However, their quarter-final opponent Uruguay is also a defensive counterattack team.
In the group stage and the quarterfinals, Uruguay drew 0:0, defeated South Africa 3:0, defeated Mexico 1:0, and defeated South Korea 2:1. In four games, Uruguay only conceded one goal, and his defensive ability was much better than that of the Chinese team. The Chinese team only had no goals in one of the four games, and conceded 6 goals in the other three games.
Uruguay not only has good defense, but also has two first-class strikers in the field. They are not vague when they should score. In four games, Uruguay scored 6 goals, and the Chinese team conceded 6 goals but only scored 6 goals.
Among the six goals scored by Uruguay, Suarez scored 3, Fran scored 2, Perez scored 1, and among the six goals scored by the Chinese team, Chen Yu scored 5, with the goal points very concentrated and easily being watched by the opponent.
Before the quarterfinals started, the Chinese team was hailed as the weakest dark horse in history. Few people are optimistic about the Chinese team's promotion. The world's three major gambling companies are unanimously optimistic about Uruguay giving the Chinese team a goal. Even the Chinese team's coaches and players themselves admit that Uruguay is stronger than the Chinese team, and Uruguay is more likely to advance.
However, Uruguay is a famous football old football player in South America. They are not as honest as African brothers. Facing the mouthful of poisonous milk from the outside world and opponents, they refuse to drink it. Fran and Suarez kept injecting poisonous milk into the Chinese team, saying that one Chen Yu could make the Chinese team's strength reach two levels. In this quarter-finals, China and Uruguay stood on the same starting line, and it is normal for anyone to advance. Uruguay is ready to play a penalty shootout.
After the game started, the Chinese team found that Uruguay was really pragmatic and might be ready to play a penalty shootout. After the game, they set up a half-defensive formation like the Chinese team. When they attacked, they only had Suarez, Fran and midfielder Cavani rushed through the Chinese team's half. Everyone else was guarding in their own half. It seemed that their fear of Chen Yu's counterattack had penetrated into their bones. They would rather play a little ugly than give the Chinese team a chance to counterattack. If they really played a penalty shootout, their goalkeeper Musleira was a good player. Last season, Musleira saved Casano and Campaniaro's penalty kicks to help Lazio win the Italian Cup, while Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Lei was obviously much worse.
Facing Uruguay, China is in a dilemma for the first time in this World Cup. Attack, their attack power is really not enough in front of Uruguay's defense line. Chen Yu alone cannot break through Uruguay's solid defense line. Just defend, the Uruguayans also tear off their faces and defend in the half-court. If the Chinese team also defends at half-court, the game will definitely become extremely ugly.
The Chinese coaches on the sidelines were also embarrassed. Before the game, they positioned themselves as the weak, and their tactics were the defensive counterattack of the most experienced players. However, they did not expect that Uruguay, who was stronger than the Chinese team, also had a defensive counterattack, but they did not attack?
Head coach Forador glanced at Yin Shengtie, and Yin Shengtie said: "We can't attack. Our strength is not enough. If we attack, the defense line will be sieve by Fran and Suarez."
Guo Zuojin smiled bitterly and said, "If we defend too, the game will be too ugly."
Yin Sheng Railway: "As long as you can advance, it will be ugly, and you are afraid that you cannot advance. We are afraid that you will not be able to punish Uruguay for penalty kicks."
Forado actually hopes to attack in his heart. He is Qiannan's coach, and the genes of attack flow in his blood, but in the Chinese team, he is just less than half home, and he doesn't count completely if he says it.
After observing the situation in the venue for a while, Forado said, "Let's fight first and see who can't calm down first."
Yin Shengtie and Guo Zuojin felt that what Fulado said made sense, so they both agreed to his decision.
On the other side, on the coaching seat of Uruguay, Tavarez looked indifferent and persevering, unlike the hesitation of the Chinese coaching staff, Tavarez made a decision before the game, that is, to defend and counterattack, and even if the scene is ugly, he must persist. Uruguay has not entered the semi-finals of the World Cup in 40 years. As a former World Cup champion, Uruguay has hoped to regain its prestige for a long time, but it has not been able to do so. This World Cup is simply
It was a god-given opportunity. In the group stage, he met the confused French team, Uruguay was lucky enough to win the first place in the group, and in the eighth-final, he met the Korean team with worse strength than himself, and easily advanced to the quarterfinals. Unexpectedly, he encountered a weaker Chinese team in the quarter-finals. Tavarez's heart to reach the finals was never so strong. In order to reach the final, he would rather pay any price, not to mention playing ugly, even if it was criticized by thousands of people, he would do whatever he wanted.
Ten minutes passed, and the Chinese team and Uruguay team each defended their own half-time to play defensive counterattacks. Only the forwards of both sides and one or two forwards harassed the opponent's half-time, and there was no offensive at all. In the ten minutes of the game, neither side made the opponent's penalty area once and did not shoot.
The fans in the stands felt that the unnamed game of the competition had reached the quarter-finals, so it was normal to play cautiously.
Twenty minutes passed, and the situation on the field was still almost the same as in the first ten minutes. Everyone confronted the opponent in front of the goal, but they didn't attack. The only difference was that the forwards on both sides might also think the scene was too ugly, so they shot when they got the ball, which was considered to have three shots, but there was no threat to the three shots, and they were easily resolved by the goalkeeper.
At this time, the fans in the stands were a little bored. They all said that the two teams were so conservative in this game. After twenty minutes, they did not shoot with a decent shot. If they continue like this, unless the opponent plays an own goal, how could they score a goal?
Thirty minutes passed, and the situation on the field still did not change. The only thrilling point was that the Chinese team made a mistake in the backcourt pass. Suarez stole the ball and launched an attack with Fran, but they invested too little troops. Under the siege of five or six Chinese players, they only got a free kick opportunity, and Fran even kicked it away.
At this time, the neutral fans booed, and the fans of Uruguay and the Chinese team were unable to applaud. There was no suspense or risk in such a game, and they couldn't bear to look at it.
The commentator on the scene joked helplessly: "Is this the least enterprising game since the World Cup? If you play like this in 90 minutes... No, it's 120 minutes. I think some fans may fall asleep. Instead of wasting fans' time like this, it's better to just play a penalty kick and decide the outcome."
Uruguayan head coach Tavarez still looked like he was ignorant of his own affairs. He let the boo in the stands be booed, but he firmly ignored him, just to fight a defensive counterattack.
Forado couldn't hold back any more. He said to Yin Sheng Railway: "It won't work like this. We won't take advantage of the penalty shootout."
Yin Shengtie and Guo Zuojin discussed fiercely for a while, and finally believed that if they attacked, they would be better at winning than a penalty kick. Uruguay's Fran and Suarez had too strong attack power. If they played against the Chinese team, they would probably have one shot and one shot. It would be better to wait until the first half ended before discussing how to play in the second half.
Thirty minutes after the game, Chen Yu was also confused on the court. This was the most helpless and funny game he had ever played since he participated in a professional game. Not to mention participating, even if he watched the game video, he had never seen such a game. From the perspective of strength comparison, such tactics are the most beneficial to the Chinese team, but the tactics of defensive counterattack are also the most beneficial to Uruguay. There is nothing wrong with both sides adopting tactics that are most beneficial to themselves. The wrong thing is that both sides adopt such tactics. The scene is too ugly. The injured are the fans watching the game. The Chinese team and Uruguay fans are okay, because they are related to their own interests, and they have to watch them even if they pinch their noses. Neutral fans are afraid they have already cursed.
What should I do?
Chen Yu kept asking himself while cruising among the crowds in Uruguay.
Chapter completed!